Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-12
DR.. CURTIS
On Catarih, the Most Prevalent
of All Diseases.

Like the majority of diseases, 1t is both con-
ct tutional and local. The usual symptoms are:
O0structed breathing, partial closure of one or
b tn ostrils-a stopped mp, Stuty feeling and
pain in the head-constart blowing Of the noss
discharge from the nose OF watery, or thick
yellowieh or greenish mucus. Sometimes the
matter becomes hardened and Is removed with
difficulty. In the morning on risinz the symp
toms are usually the most unpleasant There
Is oft a severe lit of hawking and splitting,
until a little lump of mucus is sodge from the
back ofthe throat. There is always more or
less expt ctoration, and 1luid dTop, ling down the
throat u severe cases the odor is most of
fensive-causing horrible, bad breath-and
the sense Of smell and taste becomes impaired :;
/ often the eyes and ears are affected, resulting
in the loss OF sight or hearing, or tbs disease
extending the larynX and lungs become in
ating in Consumption.
i The disease starts with, or is developed by
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skin or mucous membrane, lining and cover
ing all the internal cavities and organs of the
body as does the external skin the outer pol
ton. Actual na,al catarrh, or a cold in the
head, is nothing more than actuslin hammatiOn
of the mucous membrane lining The nasal pas
sage of the fauces, etc. At first there is a
copious discharge of a thin, watery, or glairy
mucus, which is the respiration or sweat of
the mucous membrane, this being nature
mode CT Kidding the system of the effect of
the cod, which is often attended with the
happiest results But If the Liver and Kid
neys are torpid, or the blood is impure
! from ScIofula, or there is 5yphiliic faint,
the mucous membrane Will become ulcer.
ated, resulting in constitutional CAtarrh
But now IL does not 70 low thaty on must
have discharge from the nostrils; they ms Y
be plugged by dry mucus or thickened mem
brane, and the discharge be down the throat,
or you may have Dry Cafmrb, with very little
If any external or int rnal chow of discharge.
The breath is not necessarily bad, though that
symptom is frequent, indicating decomposition
and poisonous hu : ors OF the blood, marking an
aggravated case. Headache is not always
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or roaring in the head, deaf ears and weak
eyes are common; enlarged tonsils and sore
ness of the throat, or dry, husky feeling. hawk
ing of mucus and hacking cough are all among
the numerous symptoms. There are, however,
very few cases where all these conditions OF
indications will be found; but, on the other
hand, there are very many cases where but
one will be marked. Without asking a ques-
ton as to your symptoms, lit is quite as easy for
us to determine By looking at the throat whether
you have Chronic Catarrah, as to decide by
looking at your hand whether you have sore
thumb; the alterations and mucus in the back
part of the throat, as revealed by the Laryngo-
seope in Chronic Catarrh Inflammation, the
whole Naso Pharyngeai space being covered
with granulations, almost CELEBRATING the
mouth of the Eustachiau tube, which always
tells the story to the skilled physician. This
chronic liberated condition once established
Is added to and aggravated by every cold, and
they are very frequent the patient having be.
come subject TO colds on account of the un
natural senistiveness of this liberated
men brane. The result is that by every colo
the ulcerat tied surface is enlarged and ex
tended downwards, first to the throat mex
to the bronchial tubes and lungs, the stomach
liver, kidneys, bladder and urethra, resulting
in gleety discharges; and with W men going or
until it breaks out in Oatarrh of the womb auG
vagina-call It JrhiteS or LeucOyrb0G, If you
like. The result is that over this l:rge extent
of liberated mucous surface an unhealthy Sc
erection is being thrown off continually, which
impoverishes the blood and sars the system OF
its vitality and recuperative life; and should
there be humOrs in this life fluid q large
open sore will be formed internally
from which copious poisonous discharges
wi ! eNude, night and day, adding
to the difficulty OF cure and the certainty OF
complications If allowed to continue. Asthma
and Consumption often originate from Catarrh
while Bronchitis, with chronic cough is always
developed and perpetuated by It, Dyspepsia.
slternate diarrhGa and constipation, and
chronic stomach and bowel troubles are usually
caused by catarrhal liberation of the mucous
membrane Therefore, it will be seen that
| Catarrh, like scrofula, is the direct cause of
many diseases ana troubles to which mankind
| are subject. No ege, sex or condition is eX-
| empt from 1t, and no climate or locality in the
| United States is q cure for It. Catarrh prevails
| to an alarming extent through Colorado and
| CalifOrI la, and is common among the inhabi
tants of the famous health resorts of Florida.
There are many nOstru ms sold by peddlers
| and patent medicine vendors that when used
! suppress Tor the time the most annoying symp-
| toms, but 1t invariably returns or is manifest
In some of the more alarming constitutional
| symptoms above enumerated. Bear in mind
that Catarrhal Inflammation results in poison
Gus infection, first local and finally constitu-
| tional; that being constitutional, the infection
! is hey nd the reach of mere local remedies.
The impurities in the nostrils are necessarily
] swallowed into the stomach and inhaled into
the lungs, thus poisoning the digestive, respi
| tory and gepito-urinary igans. The Catarrhal
virus follows the mucous membrane and causes
| Deafness, Catarrhal Inflammation of the eyes,
Headache, Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhpa. Bron
chitis, LeucorrhGa, Consumption and Ca
| tarrhal Inflammation of the Kidneys and
Bladder That Smoker, Douches, Inhalation,
| Insoluble,Snuffs and the thousand and one Ca
J tarrh cures daily advertised cannot possibly
| remove the infections poison from the organs
| named or repair the injury done; that rem
| edy for Catarrh must be used constitutionally;
that 1t must possess direct affinity for the
N ucous membrane, and of being absorbed by
the purulent mucus wherever located; that It
must he homogeneous; that each individual
case requires treatn ent adapted to the condi-
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